The old foundation for current ERP must be changed by the more deep ones.
Suppose to use them could be a main "weapon" for Oracle .
See "To keep abreast of the 21st Century" paper - http://www.ototsky.mgn.ru/it/21abreast.htm .
And a presentation at the Metaphorum-2007 Conference -
http://www.ototsky.mgn.ru/it/papers/stafford_heritage21.pdf
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Leonid - http://ototsky.mgn.ru/it